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DEFINITION: To change the dates, times or sequence of past events, in order to put a better perspective on your current situation.
Verboticisms
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Whistwash
Created by: administraitor
Pronunciation: whist-wash
Sentence: By whistwashing the family tree, we were able to ignore what would otherwise have been anomalies, such as wedding dates post-offspring and relationships likely to promote the recessive. Unfortunately, the technique did nothing to limit the number of chinless wonders at family gatherings!
Etymology: whitewash + history
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COMMENTS:
I also saw "wistful" in it. - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-01: 12:11:00
But with our relations, no "fistful!" - administraitor, 2007-08-01: 13:53:00
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Marangle
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: marr-ang-gul
Sentence: Ross marangled with Rachel when he got caught sleeping with another girl and justified it by saying that he & Rachel were on a "break".
Etymology: mar (damage) + angle (perspective)
Fluxcapacitate
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: flux-ka-pass-eh-tate
Sentence: She should have seen it coming: His stringy bleached-white hair, his long trench coat, and his affinity for Deloreans should have been enough to warn her about his ability to fluxcapacitate his way out of an arguement.
Etymology: From the flux capacitor time travel mechanism made famous in "Back to the Future."
Chronoflamming
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: KROHN-oh-flam-ming
Sentence: Twila often mailed post-dated checks to the utility companies, just in case she was a few dollars short, which was still one of the more harmless ways she expressed her congenital need to engage in daily chronoflamming.
Etymology: Chrono- (time prefix) + flamming (trickery or deception)
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COMMENTS:
a very chrono logical sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-01: 11:13:00
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Twistory
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: TWIHST-ur-ee
Sentence: Alex's girlfriend stormed out of the room, "I NEVER dated you, you are twistory to me!"
Etymology: twist + history + story
Retconceal
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: ret + con + seal
Sentence: No, the report isn't done, but I can retconceal that by telling the boss I didn't get the e-mail until today.
Etymology: retcon + conceal
Datelyin
Created by: tatterdemalion
Pronunciation: dayt-LIE-in
Sentence: Dave relied on datelyin to get himself out of many a chronological conundrum.
Etymology: date + lying
Calendangle
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: calen-dangle
Sentence: Chris always left me calendangling because he could always come up with an excuse for a much higher priority event that was on at the "same" time.
Etymology: calendar + dangle (like a telephone handset when the caller has run off)
Fudgule
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: fuj-ew-ull
Sentence: As he totally forgot his wife's birthday, he had to fudgule it.
Etymology: fudge, schedule
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COMMENTS:
I hope his birthday plans include a chocolate fudge cake - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-01: 11:32:00
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Diartwist
Created by: porsche
Pronunciation: dy/ar/twist
Sentence: Whenever it suited his purpose the diartwist rewrote the diary in the kitchen
Etymology: diary + twist + diarist
